Speech Actions of Palembang Malay Community's Humor on Television: A Review of Cultural Aspects of Politeness

Abstract

This study examines Palembangese politeness speech acts in television programs on PAL TV Palembang Station from the cultural aspect of the humorous utterance category. This research is qualitative research using an ethnographic study of communication, which is applied to find out the communication patterns of social groups, in this case, Palembangese speech acts in humor. The technique used in data collection is the technique of recording documentation, notes, and interviews. The results of this research show that polite speech acts of Palembang people in humor accumulate in several factors. Judging from the material of humor, humorous activities occur in almost all aspects of life because, basically, elements of humor are extracted from the phenomenon of various kinds of life. From the cultural context that developed in Palembang society, jokes are preferred because of product conflicts that arise. Relative relations between families are the usual material for humor. Furthermore, from the point of view of situations, some situations are deliberately created because participants need entertainment or excitement in speech act activities or the results of events that flow naturally from a subject.